The Apple Web Site

Steve Jobs passed away Wednesday.  My son, Jeremy, an Apple store manager in Denver, Colorado, told me people were showing up at the store bringing flowers.  That’s a retail store several hundred miles from Cupertino and all that is Apple.

It gives you a small sense for the loss many of us are feeling.

Steve Jobs is one of a kind for sure.  Apple, and it’s impact on the world, is still there today.  Sadder, sure.  But still a difference maker in our lives.

What has all this to do with Wabash?  Steve Jobs is one of us.  A liberal arts guy.  Reed College, Portland, Oregon.  Steve dropped out but never left, so to speak.  One of his favorite courses?  IT?  No, calligraphy.  And there’s an Apple connection there as well.

As the Commencement speaker at Stanford a few years back, he laid it all out.  You can see it here.

“Connect those dots”…

“It won’t be easy, it will be worth it”…

“Stay Hungry.  Stay foolish.”…

“Guts…brains…spirit…strength”…

Steve Jobs…meet Bill Placher…and Vic Powell.